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Consumo prenatal de colina extra no refuerza el desarrollo cerebral de los bebés reuters.com Mon, 26 Nov, 2012 09:52 AM PST NUEVA YORK (Reuters Health) - Un estudio revela que elconsumo adicional del nutriente colina durante el embarazo nomejora el lenguaje y la memoria de los bebés. "Consumir la cantidad recomendada de colina, que es 0,5gramos por día en el embarazo, probablemente haga bien", dijo eldoctor Steven Zeisel, autor principal del estudio y profesor dela University of North Carolina, en Chapel Hill. "Optar ... Leyes no reducen la sobreutilización de costosas terapias del cáncer prostático reuters.com Mon, 26 Nov, 2012 09:46 AM PST NUEVA YORK, 26 nov (Reuters Health) - Dos estudios coincidenen que las leyes para prevenir el uso excesivo de servicios desalud no impiden que los médicos sigan indicando terapiascostosas para el cáncer de próstata. Los autores hallaron que los médicos utilizaban cirugíasrobóticas y radioterapias especiales para tratar la enfermedad,sin importar si en la región existían leyes que exigen ... Enfermeros pueden ampliar el alcance de la vacunación: estudio reuters.com Mon, 26 Nov, 2012 09:43 AM PST NUEVA YORK (Reuters Health) - Cada vez más adultos mayores yadultos con factores de riesgo reciben las vacunas contra lagripe y la neumonía cuando la inmunización queda a cargo de losenfermeros en lugar de los médicos. Un equipo descubrió que ese cambio aumenta un 44 por cientola posibilidad de que los pacientes se vacunen contra la gripe yduplica la posibilidad de que lo hagan contra la ... El uso de antibióticos reduce la mortalidad tras un paro cardíaco fuera del hospital reuters.com Mon, 26 Nov, 2012 09:36 AM PST NUEVA YORK (Reuters Health) - Los resultados preliminares deun estudio del Reino Unido indican que el uso inmediato deantibióticos después de un paro cardíaco extrahospitalario (PCE)reduciría la mortalidad de los pacientes. El doctor Keith J. Davies dijo por correo electrónico que"hallamos que los pacientes tratados con antibióticos eran máspropensos a sobrevivir después del alta hospitalaria ... Recall of sunscreen products due to fire risk expanded: Health Canada cp.org Mon, 26 Nov, 2012 09:05 AM PST OTTAWA - The makers of a popular line of sun products is expanding its recall of continuous spray sunscreens because they pose a fire risk. Personal coaching app tracks sleep, diet, fitness reuters.com Mon, 26 Nov, 2012 08:08 AM PST TORONTO (Reuters) - Trying to get fit or lose weight but lacking the motivation and willpower? A new app that acts like a digital personal coach monitors fitness, activity, sleep and diet and provides tips for health and productivity. The app called Larklife gathers data via a wristband and provides personalized advice which is displayed on the smartphone app. It can deduct if the wearer is not ... UnitedHealth forecasts 2013 profit below Wall St view reuters.com Mon, 26 Nov, 2012 07:38 AM PST (Reuters) - UnitedHealth Group Inc , the largest U.S. private health insurer, said on Monday it expects 2013 earnings of $5.25 to $5.50 per share, below analysts' expectations. The outlook backs up comments the company made in October that analysts' estimates for 2013 were too high due to the weak economy and government efforts to rein in the deficit. At that time, the Wall Street consensus was ... GSK to spend $1 billion to lift stakes in India, Nigeria units reuters.com Mon, 26 Nov, 2012 07:35 AM PST MUMBAI (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline Plc plans to spend more than $1 billion to raise stakes in its Indian and Nigerian consumer healthcare arms, as Britain's biggest drugmaker deepens its emerging markets and non-prescription consumer health footprint. The deals are the latest of several by GSK, which is reducing its reliance on traditional prescription drug markets in Western economies where ... GSK to raise India unit stake in 52.2 bln rupee deal reuters.com Mon, 26 Nov, 2012 07:34 AM PST MUMBAI (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline Plc plans to spend more than $1 billion to raise stakes in its Indian and Nigerian consumer healthcare arms, as Britain's biggest drugmaker deepens its emerging markets and non-prescription consumer health footprint. The deals are the latest of several by GSK, which is reducing its reliance on traditional prescription drug markets in Western economies where ... Supreme court revives challenge to Obama health law reuters.com Mon, 26 Nov, 2012 07:27 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday revived a challenge to President Barack Obama's healthcare reforms, allowing a Christian college to pursue litigation raising First Amendment objections to a law that the court mostly upheld in June. Liberty University, based in Lynchburg, Virginia, had challenged both the individual mandate, which required all people to obtain insurance by ...

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